Session Results - 10 February 2005

#	Name	Win-Loss	Spread	Bingos per Game	Points per Game	Club Rating new  | (change)
1	Bob Yarmchuk	4-0	+417	1.750	430.250	1407 | (+40)
2	Daniel Forrest	3-0	+373	1.670	402.000	927 | (+46)
3	Nathan Benedict	5-1	+662	2.833	450.667	1639 | (-5)
4	Ed Saunders	4-2	+327	1.667	394.667	1382 | (+3)
5	Monique Kornell	3-2	+93	1.400	355.800	1276 | (+3)
6	Lewis Saul	3-3	-116	1.000	366.667	1372 | (-6)
7	Karen Lundeen	3-3	-120	0.667	319.667	1043 | (+6)
8	Naurlene Canterman	3-4	-234	1.000	346.286	1251 | (+4)
9	Robert Whitcomb	2-3	+94	1.400	394.600	1297 | (-6)
10	Judith Whitcomb	2-4	-118	1.000	360.500	1271 | (-15)
11	Jeremiah Ramirez	1-5	-287	0.833	328.833	987 | (-48)
12	Tess Lind	1-5	-816	0.167	277.500	532 | (+16)
13	Joshua kassel	0-2	-136	1.000	349.500	1146 | (-12)

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Session Notes

This was the 14th session of the 2004 - 2005 Season of National Scrabble Association Club #565!

We were joined by 13 players who played a total of 34 games in which we scored 26,793 points for a 788 point-per-game average. Of the 84 recorded bingos we played, a very high number of 10 were phonies that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:
High Game - 513 points by Robert Whitcomb
Low Win - 317 points by Robert Whitcomb
High Loss - 323 points by Monique Kornell
Bingo King - Nathan Benedict for averaging 2.83 bingos per game
Closest Game -Monique Kornell vs. Judith Whitcomb in a low-scoring 323-313 game
Some interesting bingos:
- ACIDEMIA \n. A condition of increased acidity of the blood (played by Bob Yarmchuk)
- CASERNE \n. A barracks for soldiers (played by Judith Whitcomb)
- GROYNES \n pl. Structures built to protect a shore from erosion (played by Nathan Benedict)
- MOTILES \n pl. Ones whose mental imagery consists chiefly of inner feelings of action (played by Ed Saunders)
- NOODGES \v. Nags (played by Monique Kornell)
- STRETTO \n. A concluding musical passage played at a faster tempo (played by Nathan Benedict)
- YIRRING \v. Snarling (played by Naurlene Canterman)

The first contest of the session was the "Trading Pays Off" contest for the highest-scoring play made one play after exchanging tiles. The three top entries were:
- Rack of AJLNRTX. Traded LJX, keeping ANRT. Played THENARS for 82 points on next turn.
- Rack of ENOOOO?. Traded NOOOO, keeping E?. Played FANZINES for 76 points on next turn.
- Rack of ACFGSU?. Traded CFGU, keeping AS?. Played CHASING for 70 points on next turn.
The winner was Natahn Benedict for his 82-point play. The other top entries were by Ed Saunders and Daniel Forrest, respectively. Daniel Forrest takes home the sessions's other contest, though, the "Compound Play" contest for the highest-scoring play that can be broken ito two words of three or more letters each. He made a phony play of DAYLOVE* for 108-points, which can be broken into DAY and LOVE. Nathan and Daniel both win $9.25.

This session also featured the letter J in the ongoing Alphabet Bingo Contest in which all bingos starting with an "J" scored a point. No bingos beginning with J were played, and Nathan Benedict is in the lead and Monique Kornell is in second.Click here for Alphabet Bingo standings and rules!

One of the four progressive jackpots was taken this session. Dan Forrest's 108-point phony of DAYLOVE won him $2.43 for nailing the 100+_ Play Progressive Jackpot on top of the Compound Play contest. He certainly got a lot of mileage off that word! The other three progressive jackpots shall each have $2.43 shall be added to them. As of this session, we have payed out $323.10 in prizes for the 2004-2005 season. Click here for a complete list of winners.

The next session (17 February) shall feature the following contests:
- "HURREDLY* JURORING* the NURDIEST* play that STINKED* up the Game" Contest - ~A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who makes the highest-scoring successful challenge of an opponent's phony word or word. To qualify for this contest, you must record the phony word(s) challenged and what the play would have been worth to your opponent had the challenge not been made.
- "PHX Tournament " Contest - Because tomorrow marks the beginning of the Phoenix tournament, ~a quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the highest-scoring play beginning with P, H, or X.
Alphabet Bingo Contest - The Alphabet Bingo Letter for this session is K. Each bingo beginning with K scores one point (click here for standings and rules)
- Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $17.59 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
- 100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - An eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 100 or more points in a single play
- Club 565 Progressive Jackpot - $2.43 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 565 or more points in a single game.
- 9+ Bingo Progressive Jackpot* - $2.43 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who plays a bingo of 9 or more letters in length.
* = Jackpot prizes cannot be combined.

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Bingos Played

The following is a list of bingos played by player at NSA Club #565 on 10 February 2005. Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Nathan Benedict - 17 Bingos
ABSTAINS
AERIEST (SERIATE)
DEMOTION (MOTIONED)
DEPILATE (PILEATED)
ENDEMIAL
GROYNES (ERYGNOS)
MOTILES
odorated
OUTREACH
OVERIDLE (EVILDOER)
REPOSING (PERIGONS, SPONGIER)
STRAWING (RINGTAWS)
STRETTO (TOTTERS)
THENARS (ANTHERS)
UNSAFETY
URINEMIA
WRONGEST
Naurlene Canterman - 7 Bingos
LOAMIER
PACIFIST
ROUTINE
SINGLES
TOASTED
TOWNIES
YIRRING
Daniel Forrest - 5 Bingos
ANOINTED (ANTINODE)
bandings
CHASING (CASHING)
daylove
patlier (PALTRIER, PRETRIAL)
Joshua Kassel - 2 Bingos
creamate (MACERATE, RACEMATE)
TOASTERS
Monique Kornell - 7 Bingos
cairies
DISASTER (DIASTERS, DISRATES)
ECHOERS (CHEEROS, COHERES, RECHOSE)
NOODGES
TWISTIER
uninvite
vestages
Tess Lind - 1 Bingo
LASTING (SALTING, SLATING, STALING)
Karen Lundeen - 4 Bingos
REPINES (EREPSIN)
rotaters (ROSTRATE)
SERPENT (PENSTER, REPENTS, PRESENT)
UNEASIER
Jeremiah Ramirez - 5 Bingos
CLAMPED
RESTART (RATTERS, STARTER)
SCREENS (CENSERS, SECERNS)
SHARING (GARNISH)
SHELTIE
Lewis Saul - 6 Bingos
ISATINE
MELDING (MINGLED)
PASTIER (PARTIES, PIASTER, PIASTRE, PIRATES, TAIPSE)
POSTERN
SALINES (SILANES)
SOIREES
Ed Saunders - 10 Bingos
CONTEST
COOLERS (CREOSOL)
DANSEUR (ASUNDER)
elogies
ESTROGEN
FANZINES
NEEDLESS (LESSENED)
RASSLED
SOLIDEST
VEHICLES
Judith Whitcomb - 6 Bingos
CASERNE (CAREENS, RECANES)
DREADING (READDING)
GREASILY
SHIRRED
TENSILE (LISENTE, SETLINE)
TENURES (NEUTERS, RETUNES, TUREENS)
Robert Whitcomb - 7 Bingos
EASTERN (EARNEST, NEAREST)
ELATERS (REALEST, RELATES, RESLATE, STEALER)
ENGINES
ERADIATE
GRIPPERS
LASTERS (ARTLESS, SALTERS, SLATERS)
SNIDEST (DISSENT)
Bob Yarmchuk - 4 Bingos
ACIDEMIA
ANIMATES (AMENTIAS)
COFFERS (SCOFFER)
MITTENS (SMITTEN)
PANNIERS
RAFTERS (FRATERS, STRAFER)
REACTION (ANORETIC, CREATION)

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